Tonight, we plan! And it was all done in less than six minutes You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. Due to the relatively brief agenda, there was no live coverage on Twitter, but you can read the break down of the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2024”
It was a busy agenda with about half-a-dozen items, but that doesn’t mean that Heritage Guelph didn’t handle it all industriously. A handful of new designations are now on their way to council to get their seal of approval, but it was a past designation that will likely make the news. Ahead of next week’s council meeting on the very same subject, the heritage committee had their say about holding up a heritage property that the owner doesn’t seem to want to protect. Let’s recap…
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This month’s planning meeting is all about heritage, or rather it’s all about getting rid of heritage. One of the two applications at least has the endorsement of staff, but if you’re concerned about the fate of an historic farmhouse and its accompanying barn in the south end, you might want to perk up because being told that they have to live with protecting that heritage on their land is not sitting well with the property owner. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 14 Meeting?”
There’s going to be a busy slate at this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting as the local heritage protection committee’s got a lot of extra protection to do. First up, they will asked again to put themselves between history and the wrecking ball as a property already under protection is threatened yet again. But other matters this month are less urgent or dire as the committee adds three more properties to the formal list of designated properties. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for May 6, 2024”
There were April showers at this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting, and it was showering perspective designations to city council in the near future. Staff laid out their future plans in this meeting, some key deadlines for ongoing projects, and then looked at some more perspective designations, which will be among the ones that will come to city council in the next couple of months. For now, let’s talk about the April meeting in the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Gets Ready for Designation Dump on Council”
This month’s Heritage Guelph meeting will be a trivia bonanza! How many (locally) famous hands held the deed for a particular house Queen Street? How many original features exist on a well-known downtown building that might need a little love? How many loaves of bread came out of building you not be aware was actually a bakery for about three decades, 100 years ago? Oh, and in sadder news, these might be the last days for one house in particular. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for April 8, 2024”
Sometimes there just isn’t a lot for Heritage Guelph to disagree on. It wasn’t a packed agenda to begin with, but it didn’t even take the committee an hour to hear the five items listed and render verdicts on all of them. There were a couple of heritage permits, a new heritage designation report, a new designation sent to council for final approval. Let’s look at the relatively brief recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Approves New Permits and New Designation”
What’s old is new again at Heritage Guelph, and for the March meeting there are some familiar looking addresses coming back for new a change or a new designation. There are couple of projects on the agenda that need the committee’s blessing to proceed, a proposed designation will finally have its day, and there’s another one in the queue. All that. and there’s a matter of legality to attend to as well. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for March 4, 2024”
It was a jam-packed Heritage Guelph agenda that took the committee right to the finish line in terms of timing. There was a visit from the clerks’ office to talk about changes coming to the advisory committees later this year, and to get Heritage Guelph’s feedback, and then everyone got hung up on a matter of not designating a property and how tricky it can be with certain kinds of buildings. So let’s history nerd out with the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Looks at Changes, and a Potential Non-Designation”
It’s been a busy few weeks for Heritage Guelph, and this meeting promises to be one of the busiest. On this agenda, there’s some administrative work for the committee, and there are some new heritage designations in the queue for their consideration too. Also, if you’re worried about heritage assets not being protected, this is a good meeting for you, and if you want to take part in the great hybrid work debate, there’s something for you too. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for February 5, 2024”
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